Patterns of abundance and size across varying spatial scales for the coral reef sponge Coscinoderma matthewsi

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 396, Issue , 2009, Pages 27-33

  Duckworth, Alan R ^a,b,c   Wolff, Carsten W ^a,b   Luter, Heidi ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Blue Ocean Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Coscinoderma matthewsi; Size frequency distribution; Spatial variation; Sponge

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; CORAL REEF; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPONGE;

TORRES STRAIT;

ANTHOZOA; COSCINODERMA; DEMOSPONGIAE; DICTYOCERATIDA;

EID: 73649090378     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08301     Document Type: Article

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